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In that same year, he finished fourth in the WSOP $2,500 pot limit Omaha hold 'em event. [3] Ciaffone was the president of the Michigan Chess Association in 2003, is the author of four books on poker and two books on chess, and has been awarded the Life Master title by both the United States Chess Federation and the American Contract Bridge League.
This is a list of chess organizations.Chess is played all over the world. The dominant international governing body of chess is FIDE, which confers titles and conducts world championship tournaments.
In 1939, the United States of America Chess Federation was created in Illinois through the merger of the American Chess Federation and National Chess Federation.The American Chess Federation, formerly the Western Chess Association, had held an annual open championship since 1900; that tournament, after the merger, became the U.S. Open. [5]
The 1963 Open at Chicago had 266 entries, making it the largest chess tournament held in the United States to that time. The tourney was slightly smaller at Boston in 1964, with a field of 229. The 1983 Open at Pasadena was the largest ever, at 836 official entries; it also featured the participation of Viktor Korchnoi , who had played in the ...
The Champions Chess Tour (CCT) 2024 was a fast chess tournament circuit organized in 2024 by Chess.com.The tour started on 26 January 2024 and ended on 21 December 2024. It involved four online chess tournaments and an over-the-board final round, featuring some of the world's top players who played for a prize money pool of US$1,700,000.
44th Chess Olympiad : Chennai: Swiss: 26 Jul – 9 Aug: 188 Uzbekistan Armenia: India-2: 44th Chess Olympiad (women event) Swiss: 26 Jul – 9 Aug: 162 Ukraine Georgia India: 2022 FIDE World Team Championship: Jerusalem: Groups and play-offs: 20–25 Nov: 12 China Uzbekistan Spain
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Finish in the 2023 calendar year. Has at least 8 players. Has at least 7 rounds (3 rounds for knockout events). The 8 highest-rated players have an average standard rating of at least 2550 at the start of tournament. This average is referred to as TAR (tournament average rating). Players represent at least 3 national federations.